USPTO Patents Application 10717717

United States Patent and Trademark Office

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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APPLICATION NO.

FILING DATE

FIRST NAMED INVENTOR

ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO.

10/717,717

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8734.261.00 US

30827 7590 06/17/2009

MCKENNA LONG & ALDRIDGE LLP
1900 K STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20006

FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P

PAPER NUMBER

DELIVERY MODE

Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.

The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.

PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)

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Application No.

10/717,717

Applicant(s)
JUNG ET AL.

Examiner

William P. Fletcher III

Art Unit

1792

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WHICHEVER IS LONGER, FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.

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after SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.

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- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any
earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1 .704(b).

Status

1 )KI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 20 May 2009 .
2a )□ This action is FINAL. 2b)^ This action is non-final.

3) D Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is

closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.

Disposition of Claims

4) ^ Claim(s) 1-16 is/are pending in the application.

4a) Of the above claim(s) 1-10 is/are withdrawn from consideration.

5) D Claim(s) is/are allowed.

6) |EI Claim(s) 11-16 is/are rejected.

7) 0 Claim(s) is/are objected to.

8) D Claim(s) are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.

Application Papers

9) Q The specification is objected to by the Examiner.

10) D The drawing(s) filed on is/are: a)D accepted or b)D objected to by the Examiner.

Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d).

1 1) D The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.

Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119

12) D Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
a)D All b)D Some * c)D None of:

1 .□ Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.

20 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. .

3.Q Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.

Attach ment(s)

1) D Notice of References Cited (PTO-892) 4) □ Interview Summary (PTO-41 3)

2) □ Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948) Paper No(s)/Mail Date. .

3) □ Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08) 5 ) □ Notice of Informal Patent Application

Paper No(s)/Mail Date . 6) □ Other: .

PTOL-T26 d (Rev e 08-06r

Office Action Summary

Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20090615

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Art Unit: 1792

DETAILED ACTION

1. A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set
forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this
application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set
forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action
has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on May 20,
2009, has been entered.

Response to Amendment

2. Claims 1-16 remain pending.

Election/Restrictions

3. Claims 1-10 remain withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR
1.142(b) as being drawn to a nonelected invention, there being no allowable generic or
linking claim. Election was made without traverse in the reply filed on June 22, 2006.

Response to Arguments

4. The rejection under 35 USC 112, 2 nd Paragraph, set forth in the prior Office
action, is withdrawn in view of the amendment.

5. Applicant's arguments filed May 20, 2009, have been fully considered but they
are not persuasive.

A. With respect to the newly added limitations concerning the alignment
process, these features also form part of the prior art process disclosed by
Applicant (see [0017] ff. of the specification, for example). See further discussion
below.

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B. With respect to the newly added limitation concerning the size of the
dummy aligning plates, there appears to be no criticality ascribed to the dummy
plate area either in the cited prior art or in the invention instantly claimed. As
noted in the prior Office action, it would have been obvious to utilize a dummy
substrate of any suitable size.

C. Finally, Applicant argues that JP '533 teaches away from the instantly
claimed subject matter. Beyond this broad statement, Applicant has provided no
argument or evidence to support this allegation. As such, it is not persuasive.

Claim Objections

6. Claims 12 and 13 are objected to because of the following informalities: In these
claims, "displayer" should, apparently, read "displayed." Appropriate correction is
required.

Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103

7. The text of those sections of Title 35, U.S. Code not included in this action can
be found in a prior Office action.

8. Claims 11-16 remain rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Applicant's admitted state of the prior art in view of JP 05-1 07533 A.

A. As noted in the prior Office action, Applicant's admitted state of the prior
art, detailed in the instant specification at paragraphs 0017-0021 and Figs. 4A-
4F, teaches all of the limitations of these claims with respect to a single dummy
substrate, including the claimed forward/backward and left/right movement of the

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table and second camera as well as the unloading of the dummy substrate and
loading of a mother substrate.

B. As noted in the prior Office action, Applicant's admitted prior art does not
teach the presence of a second dummy substrate.

C. As noted in the prior Office action, It is the Examiner's position that, as
evidenced by, for example JP 05-107533 A, cited in the IDS filed October 31,
2007, it is known in the art to provide two substrates that will be joined in
opposing contact, with alignment marks. As such, it would have been obvious to
provide two dummy substrates, one for each of the two substrates that will be
joined in opposing contact, and to provide these with alignment marks according
to the known prior art process disclosed by Applicant. One skilled in the art would
have been motivated to do so by the desire and expectation of providing
alignment marks on both dummy substrates. Since the process disclosed by
Applicant as known for a single dummy substrate, repetition on a second
substrate would have been well within the purview of one skilled in the art and
readily obvious.

D. With respect to the limitation concerning the size of the substrate, as
noted in the prior Office action, there appears to be no criticality ascribed to the
dummy plate area either in the cited prior art or in the invention instantly claimed.
As such, one skilled in the art would have advantageously utilized dummy plates
of any suitable size.

Application/Control Number: 10/717,717
Art Unit: 1792

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Conclusion

Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
examiner should be directed to William P. Fletcher III whose telephone number is (571)

272- 1419. The examiner can normally be reached on Sunday, 5:00 AM - 12:00 PM and
Monday through Friday, 5:00 AM - 3:30 PM.

If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner's
supervisor, Timothy H. Meeks can be reached on (571) 272-1423. The fax phone
number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-

273- 8300.

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/William Phillip Fletcher III/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 1792

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June 15, 2009